@s1n1st3r This is called mesh over ethernet backhaul. I use this with two Archer AX10 routers. I connected LAN port of both routers and enabled one mesh. Now one router should be selected as satellite and one should be Main.

I have been trying to figure out why there is only one Range Extender model supporting Ethernet Backhaul (the RE315) and I have been in contact with customer support.

In fact, one of the models I asked them about was the RE505X.

And now I found this thread where I can see that this has been an ongoing request since 2021... Unbelievable.

@Pablo712 & @Ernis, I thought I'd tag you here.

Customer support told me:

"As for your concern, EasyMesh Ethernet Backhaul, the RE550 is expected to be supported this year, while other models will need to wait until next year for new firmware support. However, it is worth noting that we cannot guarantee the release time of the firmware for reasons such as firmware testing."

EasyMesh Ethernet Backhaul was added to the RE315 in 2023, and for the whole year of 2024, they are only planning to add it to another Range Extender model. And even that they are not guaranteeing.

How to describe this?

  @LuisFN 

Hi! Thanks for the update.

For some reason, I'm not surprised by their answer. 

To be fair, I have kind of given up on the TP-Link and its products. If the company stays in silence for another couple of months I will just move to ASUS and their solutions.

At least they could give us some kind of roadmap for this feature. Because it just takes way too long to do this simple software update. It's just a software update, nothing more. 

  @Solla-topee 

So I guess to anyone still holding out hope for Firmware on their range extenders...

Go have a look at what they did - the RE505X was  "Planned" for more than 3 years - then all of a sudden, it's supported! Only, go look carefully, it's only the V2 hardware. So all of us that have been waiting patiently have just been given the bird.

Hello @Solla-topee , I've recently bought RE700X V2 to build wired mesh system with my AX 53 V2 in my home.

After many unseccesful attempt, I saw that this product does not support ethernet backhaul in this community thread even though there is no clear statement in the product page that this product doesn't support ethernet backhaul.

From the eye of customer, I've dealed with the problem 2-3 hours and at the end I saw that my product doesn't support this feature. I've felt disappointment.

Could you please prioritize to put ethernet backhaul feature to your extenders?

Thank you.

@Marvin_S 

Can you help us here?